History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.562

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*YAJÑAKRCCHRA*—This is a penance for one day laid down by Aṅgiras (q by Pr. Sāra p. 183, Smṛti-muktāphala p 939) as follows: The sinner should bathe thrice, should be self-controlled and silent: and after the morning bath he should recite the sacred Gāyatrī 1008 times together with *om* and the Vyāhṛtis at the beginning When reciting he should be in the Vīrāsana 3⁴² posture He should drink cow's milk only once either sitting down or standing or curds of cow's milk (if he cannot secure cow's milk) or butter-milk or barley gruel mixed with cow's urine (in the absence of milk, curds or butter milk). This one-day penance called Yajña-kṛcchra removes all sins *YATICĀNDRĀYAṆA*—Manu XI 218 (= Baud Dh. S. IV. 5.20), Agnipurāṇa 171. 4, Viṣṇu Dh. S. 47. 7 define ³⁴³ it as a penance where the sinner eats only eight mouthfuls of sacrificial food only once in the noon for a month and exercises control over himself.